SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYST(INTERN) AT PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AGENCY
About PHA
The Philadelphia Housing Authority, also known as PHA, is the biggest landlord in Pennsylvania.
We develop, acquire, lease and operate affordable housing for city residents with limited incomes.
Our funding comes primarily from the federal government. We also work in partnership with the city and state governments as well as private investors.
Although we are a public agency, we operate in many ways like a private property management company. We employ the best practices of the private real estate industry.
PHA was established in 1937 and is the nation’s fourth largest housing authority. We house nearly 80,000 people in the City of Philadelphia and we employ 1,400 people to deliver services to our clients. Our budget totals approximately $400 million.
Experience
Supply Chain Analyst Intern May – August2015 Prepared procurement reports which helped contract sourcing needs in a federal agency.
Extracted and analyzed fleet data from PeopleSoft software which helped to identify vehicles that would need to be retired.
Analyzed requisition orders using Microsoft Excel to detected wasteful ordering practices.
Review
I had the opportunity to visit the warehouse and also attended meeting with top management (VP of Supply Chains Mgmnt & Procurement). Overall my internship gave me hands on experience in creating reports from data dumps.EPPOINTS